Alex Hirsch, JG Quintel, and more join host Ben Blacker at Meltdown Comics on Sunday May 19th at 5:00 pm!

Press Release:

THE NERDIST WRITER’S PANEL series is an informal chat moderated by BEN BLACKER (co-creator of The Thrilling Adventure Hour; writer for Supah Ninjas, Supernatural, among others) with professional writers about the process and business of writing. Covering TV, film, comic books, music, novels, and any other kind of writing about which you care to hear.

Jane Espenson and Brad Bell, creators of Husbands, sign the new graphic novel at Meltdown Comics on Sunday, April 14, 2013 from 3:30 till 5:00 p.m. Then they will appear on the Nerdist Writers Panel. Tickets ($10) at the link…

Proceeds from the live panel benefit 826Valencia, the non-profit tutoring program founded by Dave Eggers.

The Nerdist Writers Panel series is an informal chat with professional writers about the process and business of writing. Covering TV, film, comic books, music, novels, and any other kind of writing about which you’d care to hear.

From Sina Grace, former editor of The Walking Dead, the artist of The Li’l Depressed Boy and Amber Benson’s Among the Ghosts, comes a haunting retail hell story like you’ve never encountered! A young artist takes a job at a department store in order to make ends meet… little does he know that he may meet his end! In this gothic story for fans of Black Swan, Blankets, and The Devil Wears Prada. Join Sina and his friends Blair Butler, Gerry Duggan, and James Asmus, and Nerdist Writers Panelist moderator Ben Blacker, for the LA release of Not My Bag!

Blair Butler is an American stand-up comic and television host, known for her work on the “Fresh Ink” segment on the G4 program, Attack of the Show! Her first graphic novel, HEART, is out through Image Comics.

Gerry Duggan is a writer for Attack of the Show!, as well as such comic books as Marvel’s Deadpool (with Brian Posehn) and the Infinite Horizon with Phil Noto from Image Comics.

James Asmus is a writer of comic books, theater, comedy, and scripts of all kind. Plus an extensive resume of improv, comedy, and acting. He currently writes Gambit for Marvel and Thief of Thieves for Robert Kirkman’s Skybound imprint at Image Comics.